We have them and they are very helpful if you are a big lab.  They allow
someone to be called at home and get the processor back on line if possible
or switch to a back up unit.  We are a regional lab and service 8 pathology
departments and not one of them is too understanding if there is a delay.

Karla Carson
Regional Pathology Manager
Mercy Health Care Sacramento
Phone 916-453-4494
FAX 916-453-4397
e-mail kcarson@chw.edu <mailto:kcarson@chw.edu> 

		-----Original Message-----
		From:	Rippstein, Peter
[mailto:prippstein@ottawahospital.on.ca]
		Sent:	Tuesday, February 06, 2001 6:53 AM
		To:	'Histonet@pathology.swmed.edu'
		Subject:	Tissue Processor Alarms

		Histoneters,

		I would like to get a general consensus on the merits of
external alarms on
		tissue processors which would alert staff in case of an
error during the
		night or on weekends.
		Thanking you in advance, 

		Peter Rippstein, ART
		Charge Technologist
		Anatomical Pathology
		The Ottawa Hospital, Civic Campus
		Ph: 798-5555 ext 16589
		Fax: 761-4846
		email: prippstein@ottawahospital.on.ca